I guess I'm going with the Mavericks here, Mitchell has been the best player of the team, when a best player of a team is out and they are playing against a playoff team, that's an automatic bet to the opponent for me. Mavericks is in a 2 losing streak, they might win this one and true they have an advantage even in the road. Like the MAVS here!
Utah Jazz is also a playoff team. Mitchell only scored 9 points on their last game. Gobert, Conley, O'neale, and Clarkson explode on that game. Even Mitchell will be out, Utah Jazz is still a tough opponent so Mavericks should not be comfortable on that game.
Like you, I'm with Mavericks here. Been a fan of Kristap Porzingis here since his New York days.
I liked how Mavericks now is only at +2.5, people are trusting them to win, so I will go with them, whether it's the sharp or the public, it doesn't matter as this is a must win by the Mavericks, otherwise they'll be at 3 losing streak after this game.
Some of th bookies still got the Utah Jazz -2.5 point spread and +2.5 for the Mavericks. Or If you're confident enough without the spread you could use ML for the Mavs +115.
I'll do the ML, it's not really a problem.